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SrI:
 
kamapyAham Gurum vandhE Kamalaagruha-mEdhinam
pravakthA chandhasAm vakthaa PaancharAthrasya yassvayam
 
Dear Vaideekaas and BrahmOthsava sEvA abhimAnis :
 
On behalf of the Board of Sri Ranganathaa Temple ,
adiyEn invites you all to have the BhAgyam of
enjoying Lord RanganAthan's BrahmOthsavam .
The activities for the individual days are at:
 
http://www.Ranganatha.org
 
In this posting adiyEn will focus on
the right places and ways to ring
the sacred bell in Bhagavath sannidhAnam
to ward off all inauspiciousness .
 
Both for house AarAdhanam and Temple AarAdhanam ,
GhantA Sevai during the different stages of AarAdhanam
is absolutely essential .Without this ringing of the bell ,
the AarAdhanam is incomplete .House holders can start
AarAdhanam after Pancha SamskAram . This is
the Householder's Dheekshaa for performing AarAdhanam 
at Home . The householder does not need Prapatthi
( BharanyAsam ) for performing daily AarAdhanam .
Ditto for ArchakAs involved in PaacharAtra worship. 
 
For Vigraha AarAdhanam at the temple , the dheeksha 
is of a different kind known as "CharAbhja MaNDala
Dheekshaa" or Paanacha Raathra Dheekshaa in contrast
to Householders doing AarAdhanam for Aatthu PerumAL .
 
VaikAnasa archakaas have the tradition that 
their pancha SamskAram is done , when they stay
in the womb itself by Viganasa Guru and hence they 
do not have any need for dheekshaa thereafter .
You have to be born in a VaikAnasa archakaa family
to do AarAdhanam at Temples following VaikAnasa Aagama
( Thirumala , Oppiliappan Sannidhi , Thiruvaheendhrapuram et al) .
 
Those with Paacha Raathra Dheeksha can not  however
perfrom AarAdhanam at VaikAnasa Temple . If some one from 
VaikAnasa tradition consecrates the Murthy according to
VaikAnasa reethi , then subsequent AarAdhanam has 
to be done by VaikAnasa Vithi . One can not switch 
that Aaradhanam with those having Paancha Raathra 
Dheeksha . This happens in some U.S Temples 
and is overlooked for number of operational reasons  .
At   Pomona Sri Ranganatha Temple , archakAs perform 
AarAdhanam with Paancha Raathra Dheeksha since
Paancha Raathra Jayaakhya Samhitha ( as at Lord
VaradrAja Temple at Kaanchi) was used during the time of
SamprOkshaNam ( consecration ) .    
 
Knowledge of Sanskrit would be helpful for ArchakAs
to offer the UpachArams to the DevathAs and the Dhivya
Dampathis . Full time study at one of the Aagamic Schools in
Thirumala , Kaanchi , MadhurAnthakam , Srirangam
and Melkote is needed and it will take 2 to 3 years
to get the authentic training .Many ArchakAs have crash
courses to keep up their livelihood and remember PrayOgams
by rote learning . SampradhAya Parisuddhi is attainable only
through many years of practise . BrahmOthsavam is a complicated ,
with many steps just like PavithrOthsavam . Full training and experience
is needed for authentic execution . Monographs like those of
KoothappAkkam RaghavAcchAr Swamy ( Archakar ThuNaivan)
released by HH Srimath SrimushNam Andavan are very valuable
as reference sources for practising ArchakAs .
 
Let us now revert to Ghantaa SEvai coverage
during Bhagavath AarAdhanam and Vaideeka KarmAs
at the Temple .
 
The PramANam for GaNDaa Sevai comes from
SrI VaasudEva Samhithai ( Fourth Chapter).
The key slOkams identified for us by KootthapAkkam
swamy are :
 
kavADOdhaddhaDanE homE poojanE Bali karmaNi
argyE snapana AachAmE VivAhE dhoopa dheepayO:
 
thADyEth yEka PaarsvEna taTaa Aavaahana karmaNi
neerAjane yavanikaa samuddhADE nivEdhanE
 
PaarsvAbhyAm thADanam kuryAth upachAntharEshu cha
 
This in essence is the way to ring the bell with its
tongue touching one or both sides of the inner walls
of the consecrated bell .
 
A. Ringing of the Tongue on one side of the Bell
************************************************************
1. Before opening the door of Koil AazhwAr at Home
2. During the occasion of the performance of Homams
3.During the time of performance of AarAdhanams
4. Presentation (SamarpaNam) of Bali
5. Arghya SamarpaNam
6. Aachmana SamarpaNam
7. During the time , when Thirumanjanam takes place
8. During the conductance of KalyANOthsavam
9. DhUpa SamarpaNam
10. Dheepa SamarpaNam
 
B. Ringing of the Tongue on both sides of the Bell
**************************************************************
1. During the Aavaahanam of the Lord for AarAdhanam
2. During the upachAram offering of Camphor, GaDa  
    dheepam , adukku Aaratthi ( Multilayer dheepam)
3. Opening of curtain after yEkAntha Aaradhanam
    and Thirumanjana alankAram
4. During the time of NaivEdhya ( nivEdhanam)
    samarpaNam .   
5. During the time of VaasudEva PuNyAha PrOkshaNam
6. During the travel from temple to the ThEr ( RaTam).
 
In the next posting adiyEn will cover the BhEri TaaDanam
and the DEvathAs and others invited for attending
the BrahmOthsavam , Nava Sandhi Geetha-TaaLa
Nruthyams .
 
NamO SrI RanganAthAya ,
V.Sadagopan   
 
 
 
  
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